{"id":58342,"date":"2015-06-24T16:01:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T16:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=dced081a45eed15c9ec3dbd061de78d7"},"modified":"2015-06-24T16:01:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T16:01:34","slug":"news-story-crime-news-rollout-finishes-for-digital-working-in-magistrates-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=58342","title":{"rendered":"News story: Crime news: rollout finishes for digital working in magistrates\u2019 courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The installation of magistrates\u2019 in-court presentation technology is set to be completed in 745 courtrooms across England and Wales by 30 June 2015.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"clickshare-wins-praise\">\u2018ClickShare\u2019 wins praise<\/h4>\n<p>The \u2018ClickShare\u2019 technology being used for presenting in court removes the need for hard copy evidence and has won praise.<\/p>\n<p>Defence solicitor Louise McGhee from Cartwright King Solicitors said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It is extremely helpful that we can now fully conduct hearings from the information held on our devices, without the need for paper copies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The additional screen that is available means I can easily review my case notes while sharing evidential material with the wider courtroom.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The material solicitors like Louise McGhee can share is in a high quality digital format.<\/p>\n<p>This is held on presenters\u2019 own devices through a wireless link to in-court TV screens and removes the need to produce hard copies of evidence.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"cjs-efficiency-programme\">CJS efficiency programme<\/h4>\n<p>Completion of the rollout is important to the government\u2019s aim to have criminal courts working digitally by July 2016.<\/p>\n<p>This is being delivered by the Criminal Justice System (CJS) efficiency programme.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"where-is-it-available\">Where is it available?<\/h4>\n<p>Our online map shows the courtrooms that now have this technology and there is one-page guidance for defence practitioners on how to use it \u2013 see below.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:CJSEfficiency@cps.gsi.gov.uk\">CJSEfficiency@cps.gsi.gov.uk<\/a> \u2013 for enquiries about magistrates\u2019 in-court presentation digital technology.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov.uk\/about\/criminal-justice-system-efficiency-programme\/defence-practitioners\">CJS efficiency programme: defence practitioners<\/a> \u2013 to download \u2018How to use ClickShare\u2019 guidance on how to use in-court presentation technology.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/viewer?mid=zzkWlkRMFXjs.kmZgHpsz5AYY\">Magistrates\u2019 In-Court Presentation Rollout Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National rollout means in-court presentation technology installed in 745 courtrooms by 30 June 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}